The William Rogers Award
The Brown Alumni Association established the William Rogers Award
in 1984 to recognize an outstanding alumna or alumnus whose service
to society in general is representative of the words of the Brown
Charter: living a life "of usefulness and reputation."
It recognizes important contributions to humankind made by Brown
alumni anywhere in the world.
The award is named for the first Brown University student and
therefore its first graduate, William Rogers, who enrolled in
1765. Rogers was the only student attending the new college for
the first nine months, and when he graduated with six other men
in 1769, he gave the first Commencement oration. In 1790 Rogers
became president of oratory and belles-lettres at the University
of Pennsylvania, a position he held until 1811. He served as vice
president of the Society for Gradual Abolition of Slavery, and
in 1797 he was vice president of the Philadelphia Society for
Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons. He died on April 7,
1824.
(Click on a name for more information on the recipient.)
2008 Recipient:
Jim Yong Kim ’82
chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the former director of the World Health Organization’s HIV/AIDS department, and a 2003 MacArthur Fellow
(more about this recipient coming soon)
Nominate
a recipient for 2009
Previous Award Recipients:
Aaron T. Beck '42
founder of cognitive therapy
Seth Berkley '78, '81 MD
founder of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
Edwidge Danticat '93 MFA
award-winning author
George M. C. Fisher '66 PhD
president, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer,
Eastman Kodak Company
Kathryn Scott Fuller '68
president, World Wildlife Fund and the Conservation Foundation
James B. Garvin '78,
'81 ScM, '84 PhD
chief scientist for NASA's Mars and Lunar Exploration Programs
David R. Gockley '65
general director, Houston Grand Opera
Hermes C. Grillo '44, P '87
chief of general thoracic surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Richard C. Holbrooke '62
permanent U.S. representative to the United Nations
Irving R. Levine '44
NBC News chief economics correspondent
Byron K. Lichtenberg '69
astronaut, pilot, and engineer
Lois Hammersberg Lowry '58
award winning children's author and illustrator
Kurt M. Luedtke '61
Pulitzer Prize and Oscar winner
Linda Mason '64
vice president, public affairs, CBS News
Zachary P. Morfogen '50
founding chairman emeritus, National Hospice Foundation and the
National Hospice Organization
Samuel M. Nabrit '32 PhD
educator and developmental biologist
Frank Newman '47
former president, Education Commission of the States
Nawal M. Nour '88
founder and director of the African Women's Health Practice of
Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston
Joseph V. Paterno '50
professor and head football coach, Pennsylvania State University
Barbara J. Reisman '71
executive director, Child Care Action Campaign
William R. Rhodes '57
s enior vice chairman, Citibank
William H. Twaddell '63
U.S. ambassador to Nigeria
Augustus A. White III '57, '97 DMSc
distinguished surgeon
Gerard B. White '86
co-founder, Landmine Survivors Network
